quarry

Example Sentences

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He supported legal action against the UK government opposing levies on aggregates, before selling his stake in the quarry last year in a deal which he said was worth £70m.

From BBC

One sub plays the quarry and the other helps hunt.

From The Wall Street Journal

A surge in cases among migrant workers at a quarry site in Mandera last year led authorities to restrict movement at dusk and dawn when sandflies are most active.

From Barron's

And so I went to work each day in the quarry, a bone-breaking job that killed heartier men than me, and waited to die.

From Literature

It’s easy to find your quarry if you’ve been told to hunt down a flying girl and then you see a child, twenty feet up, weaving through a flock of seagulls.

From Literature